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From: ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich)
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Subject: Re: Risc System/6000
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Date: 20 Feb 90 15:53:07 GMT
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In-Reply-To: jason@cs.utexas.edu's message of 20 Feb 90 00:00:03 GMT

In article <1148@gort.cs.utexas.edu> jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) writes:

Jason> In article <5098@brazos.Rice.edu> schafer@brazos.rice.edu (Richard A. Schafer) writes:
>I just signed on IBMLINK and ran a configuration on the standard grayscale
>configuration.  I don't come up with the $12,995 price, but did produce the
>following configuration:
>
>Powerstation 320   $7475
>120MB disk         $1950
>Grayscale adapter  $1395
>keyboard           $ 255
>mouse              $ 130
>mono display       $1295
>                   ------ Hardware total, $12,500
>AIX 3.0            $1250
>AIX Xwindows       $ 500
>                   ------ Software total, $ 1,750
>                          Package total,  $14,250
> 

Jason> Let's get real on these prices folks. A 120 MB disk? That *might*
Jason> work if your user directories are mounted with NFS.  I don't know the exact
Jason> numbers, but I bet after AIX 3.x and Xwindows is loaded plus swap
Jason> space, 120MB is barely adequate. 

The 120Mb disk is less than adequate.  The software will barely fit on the
320Mb disk.  The on-line hytertext documentation takes up 120Mb alone.

Jason> Add a SCSI adapter and large hard disk please == $$$$$.

The SCSI adapter card is $US 1200.  To upgrade the 120Mb disk to a 320Mb
disk will cost $US 3,000.  An additional 320Mb disk drive is $US 5,500.

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